Fold-collar.



No. 746,078; PATENT-ED DEC. 8, 1903.

W. HESS, IR. FOLD COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1902. H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

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I UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WENDELL HESS, Ja, on TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL SHIRT &COLLAR 00., OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

FOLD-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,078, dated December.8, 1903.

Application filed June 19, 1902.

T0 al whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WENDELL HESS, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fold-Collars, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

- Reference maybe had to the accompanying drawings and thereferencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

My invention relates particularly to that their lower portions aresecured by the but.-

ton on the shirt-neckband inserted through the buttonholes in the lowerpart of the band ends of the collar.

It frequently happens. that considerable downward and outward pressureis applied to the sides of the collar, which is sufficient to break orspring down the inserted band end as heretofore constructed, whichcauses the same to be withdrawn from between the band and body part ofthe collar and remain in an exposed position, thereby presenting anungainly appearance while in use.

The object-of my invention is to remedy this defect; and myinventionconsists in providing one or more short reinforcing trussshaped plies insaid projection, as hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out inthe claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a'turn-downcollar as the same appears in use provided with my im- Serial No.112,319- (No model.)

provement. Fig. 2. is a similar view of the collar detached, showing theends of the col- Fig. 7 is a similar section, taken after the body partis folded, on the broken line 7 7 in Fig. 2.

1 is the band of the collar, and 2 the body part, which is adapted tofold'down upon the band, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The band is providedon each end with buttonhole projections 8 and 4., containing buttonholes5, adapted to receive in their outer ends the button or stud 6, w ichbutton is secured to the neckband of the shirt. Theband projection 3 isprovided with an upwardly-projecting portion 7, which extends upwardlyabove the fold line 8 on that end of the collar and substantiallyparallel with the foldline 9 on the other end of the collar.

When the collar is in use in the position 7 shown in Fig. l, the sidesof the collar are prevented from dropping or spreading, so as "to givethe collar a deformed shape or widen the opening between the ends of thebody part of the collar, by means of the projection 7, which engages thefold 9, the parts being locked in the position shown in Fig. 1 by meansof the button 6.

Should the projection 7 break down or yield sufficiently to allow thesame to slip out from the fold 9, by a rocking movement of the sides ofthe collar upon the button- 6, which By making the reinforcingtruss-shaped ply or plies semicircular in shape, as shown in Fig. 3, theline of stitching may be semicircular inform and more easily inserted,as it is only necessary to secure the plies to the bed-plate of thesewing-machine at a distance from the sewing-machine needle equal to theradius of the desired semicircle. This can be easily done by inserting apin through the plies at the point 16 in Fig. 3 and into an aperturemade in the bed-plate of the sewingmachine. The feed mechanism of thesewing-machine will then cause the fabric plies to rotate about the pinand insert the stitches in semicircular form, as shown at 15. After thefabric plies have been so located upon the bed-plate the stitches areinserted by the machine automatically without any care or assistancefrom the operator.

Other forms of reinforcing plies maybe e1nployed when desired, theessential feature of the reinforcement being that one end of thereinforcing ply extends nearly to the outer end of the buttonholeprojection 7 and the other end extends back along the band beyond theend of the body part, the reinforce ment being truss-shaped, so as tostrengthen the projection 7and prevent it from yielding or breakingdown.

After the reinforcing ply or piece of fabric has been secured to theband ply the collar is made up in the usual Well-known manner.

In Fig. 4: I have shown the body part 2 made of two plies 21 and 22,turned in at their lower ends and secured by a line of stitching- 23,the other ends being placed in juxtaposition with each other and withone edge of each band ply 24 and 25, the band ply 25 having securedthereto the reinforcing ply 14. The edges of all these plies are securedtogether by a line of stitching 26. The band plies 24:

and 25 are then turned out, so that the unsecured edges are brought intojuxtaposition with each other, then turned in, as shown in Fig. 6, andsecured together by a line of stitching 27. A line of stitching 28 isthen inserted after the parts are turned. Then the collar is laundered,the body part being turned down from the position shown in Fig. 6 tothat shown in Fig.7, making the collar complete and ready for use.

By having the truss-shaped reinforce terminate in a line above thebuttonhole the easy manipulation of the buttonhole is not interferedwith, and the stitching through the edge of the reinforce binds the bandplies together and increases their power to resist a breaking strain.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fold-collar having its neckband on one end of the collar projectingbeyond the body and upwardly whereby the upper edge of the projection issubstantially parallel with the fold-line on the other end of thecollar, when in use, provided between the said plies of theupwardly-project ing end of the neckband with a trussshaped reinforce,its upper edge being approximately in line with the upper edge of saidband at and about the angle made with the body of the band by theupwardlyprojecting end of said band and its lower edge terminating inthe neckband on a line above the buttonhole and secured therein bystitches along the edge thereof, whereby the said end of the neckband isgiven an upward truss thrust and leaving the buttonhole edge of the handwithout extra thickness, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of June,1902.

WVENDELL HESS, JR.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. MOSHER, FRANK 0. (loans.

